James potter



J. POTTER.

BARBED WIRE.

(No Model.)

N0. 336,664. Patented Feb. 23, 1886.

livenior 4 u per UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES POTTER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO LEMUEL H.FLERSHEIM, OF SAME PLACE.

BARBED WIRE.

fiPECIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 336,664, datedFebruary 23, 1886,

Applibation filed April 26, 1884. Serial No. 129,342. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it'known that 1, JAMES POTTER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Barbed Wire, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in barb-wire in which the barbs areformed separate from the cable andinserted therein. The barbs and cableare united, as hereinafter described, so asto produce a strong,flexible, and durable fence-wire.

The object of my invention is to form a fence wire in which the eyes ofthe barbs shall act as a protection to prevent cattle or stock fromtearing their skin when they come in contact with the barb, and still inits construction to leave enough of the prong of the barb to serve thepurpose of a fencing-wire. I attain this object by the constructionillus trated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a planof my invention as complete. Fig. 2 is a similar view the reverse ofFig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan with one of the ca ble-strands broken away toshow how the barbs are held within the twist of the cable. Fig. 4 is aplan of the barbs as they appear before inserting them in the cable.

Similar letters refer to similar parts.

a and I) represent two strands of wire of any desired size andmaterial,which are twisted into a single cable, as illustrated in the severalviews of the drawings.

At any suitable distance apart the barbs are secured to the cable in thefollowing manner: In making the barbs I employ a single piece of wire,0, having prongs orpointed ends 0 0. At or about a quarter the length ofsaid wire I bend the wire to form the loop or eye a. I then carry thewire diagonally across to the opposite side and form a similar eye, 0. Ithen carry the end of the wire still farther, until the prong 0 extendsbeyond the eye. 0.

The barbs,when thus formed, resemblea letter S with the ends of theletter extended. I then draw the two ends 0 and 0 together until theylie side by side and parallel with each other, the ends 0 0 extendingbeyond the eyes a c to form the prongs of the barb.

In securing the barbs to the cable, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, atcertain intervals, the strands a b are separated. The strandbatthe placeof separation is wrapped once around the barb centrally, forming theloop (I, and is again united with the strand a at the point d. Thestrand a at the place of separation passes diagonally across the middleof the barb parallel with the loop (I. The barbs are thus placed with adouble strand of wire on each side, one portion of the strand 2) passingwithin the twist of the cable, thus securing the barbs from lateral orhorizontal displacement.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The combination, with a fence-wire, of a barb having broad eyes andprods or points arranged lengthwise of the barb and in contiguity withthe rounded ends of the eyes, which cover all but the extremitiesthereof, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with a barb having broad eyes and longitudinalpoints arranged in contiguity with the rounded ends of said eyes,w'hichcover allbut the extremities thereof, of the fence-wire wrapped aroundthe narrow neck of the barb between said eyes, substantially asdescribed.

3. A barb for fence-wires consisting of a single piece of metal bentinto figure-of-eight form, having two broad eyes, a narrow neck betweenthe eyes, and two points laid against the eyes and protected thereby,substantially as described.

JAMES POTTER.

Witnesses:

0. G. FoRBUsH, O. G. FORBUSH.

